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Washington mdash; A bipartisan group of senators is working through the weekend to forge a deal on asylum policy changes designed to reduce migrant crossings along the southern border, hoping to make a rare breakthrough on one of Congress most intractable issues, three congressional officials told CBS News.Sens. Michael stanley cup Bennet of Colorado, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Thom Tillis of North Carolina are negotiating a compromise to overhaul how migrants are processed along the U.S.-Mexico border, where illegal crossings have soared to all-time highs over the past two years. The compromise they re envisioning would be part of a broader national security funding package requested by President Biden that includes aid to Israel, Ukraine and border security money, which Senate Republicans have conditioned on significant restr stanley cup ictions on asylum.Bennet and Murphy are Democrats, and Lankford and Tillis are Republicans. Sinema is a former Democrat who became an independent late last year. The bipartisan group spoke on Wednesday night to hash out a framework for the potential deal, and will continue their talks through the weekend alongside their staff, the congressional officials said. If a breakthrough materializes in the Senate, it s unclear if the Republican-led House would take up and pass a bipartisan border proposal that is not stanley cup as strict as a measure it passed earlier this year.In an i Yscr Full transcript of Face the Nation on Sept. 11, 2022
NEW YORK -- Police in New York City are cracking down on the illegal sale of the K2 drug after reporting more than 50 overdoses and a dozen arrests in Brooklyn in recent days,reports CBS New York. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, NYPD Chief of Department Terence M salomon onahan said there have been 56 confirmed overdose cases since Saturday, when police responded to an intersection in Brooklyn s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.More than 25 people in the area were hospitalized with bad reactions to the synthetic marijuana. A lot of people standing on corners looking like zombiesspaced out tripping out or fighting each other, one witness said. Advisory alert warning people about a parti adidas samba cularly toxic batch of K2 that has triggered 49 overdose cases originating at five locations in Brooklyn. More information here: https://t.co/WUcM0ufUpC pic.t af1 witter/eqDnvW9AAgmdash; Chief Terence Monahan @NYPDChiefofDept May 22, 2018 We want to get the word out that there is a dangerous batch of K2 out on the street in Brooklyn, he said. K2 in and of itself is very dangerous, but what we re seeing over the last couple of days with 56 confirmed overdoses, there is a very dangerous batch circulating right now in Brooklyn. Eight of those arrested are accused of selling the K2, a synthetic compound that mimics the effect of THC, the most psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The drug can be many times more potent than the THC in marijuana.The drug has |
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